last. parliament the former comedian stealing support from mainstream politicians a sense of disappointment continues to run high. america's new secretary of state john kerry is checking the boxes with key allies in europe on his first tour abroad a look at what his mission with the old nato allies could be like. the latest efforts to negotiate peace in syria the country's government says it's ready to talk to all sides. even though. drugs are russian vegetables drug control of. two hundred kilograms of heroin hidden in.

this right now just ticking past five pm on monday here in moscow this is. it is good to have you with us today. dissolution choosing their parliament for the second day in what's largely seen as a protest vote against painful austerity and corrupt politicians and the man helping them to punish the mainstream parties is a former comedian who's. the country round from its current course of cuts. reports the outcome might be no laughing matter. the streets of rome aligned with posters from various political parties and candidates all smiles and bright colors offering the best future possible for italian voters. he feels like he was

experiencing i think it's not as it was he was. the program low is not the leader but the face of a movement whose plan is simple to do away with the politics that italy has been used to for the past couple of decades and bring about a new type of rule the number saved on my part i don't feel protected by the state i want to stay that is visible there is no more state in this country just a bureaucracy of laws that has replaced democracy there isn't anything left among the crowds disillusioned with italy's politics is done the analysis he started small by successfully challenging politicians in his small hometown in the south like many talents he does not trust the current political system if it will cost you to live your life yet here you will think that was ok i began to feel that way

he was allegedly of the all of it but it is time for a change at least one hundred thousand people showed up to support close movement in the center of rome the biggest political gathering in half a century people say popular because it speaks clearly and they say it's one of the main thing to say they have to go or home whole hall where they're finished and this right because they're the political class as lost in the in the influence on the land to part of the population especially young people. the crisis is we have a political class. and they cope with the situation and the situation is a desperate one the longest recession in twenty years more than one third of the country's youth are without a job corruption that feeds organized crime and manages to siphon off as much as sixty billion euros

a year by some estimates and declaring wealth divide between various a tally and regions basically it was huge a parliament will have a mouthful to chew to avoid choking on the problems which have accumulated over the years perhaps doing away with the old men in suits no matter how respectable they may appear in favor of a foul mouth but seemingly honest comedian may be just the thing to put an end to italy's political drama in rome. and a political analyst. doubts that any of the candidates will deliver on their promises to reign in at least finances which could at the end of the day just plunge the whole eurozone into a fresh state of turmoil. well the problem of your is not the problem of public debts this is a financial assault that has been concerted by private entities to milk money from the eurozone that said of course berlusconi is not really the best choice to to drive around these difficult obstacle and the moment you walk and really so much

better despite being well connected going on world has a wonderful work. but very little continent and this is a bit worrying because as soon as you get in it gets in parliament but it's not just italian politics who make politics in the world and frankly for the moment they don't feel he is really well equipped i hope he will make up because anyhow he will come up with a sizeable number of elements to this but they really do study very hard and very fast to come up with something credible. and the voting in italy officially closes at fourteen hundred g.m.t. today i would exit polls made available shortly afterwards if you stay with us here in oz he will bring you the first results of what many are calling the most unpredictable elections in italy's history. for now the new u.s.

secretary of state is in london testing the ground for american foreign policy on the first leg of his first tour abroad john kerry is meeting with traditional american allies in europe such as the leaders of britain germany and france though before heading to the middle east political expert john ri says kerry's mission in europe is all about persuading old partners to take on a greater role in nato as ongoing foreign wars. it's always been very important for the americans to keep the the nato alliance together but they always want to keep it together on their own terms it's always been the case for instance that the senior commanding officer in nato is from the american armed forces and what the americans constantly want to do is to shift the burden of military intervention on to the european powers but to keep political control all the process and i think the we've seen that a number of times recently especially since the american focus is now beginning to shift towards the pacific to deal with the rising threat of china we are going to

his room the europeans now have to take on a greater share of the burden in respect of policing the arab world and north africa what we're seeing here is an attempt to convince the nato allies that they should pay more but have no more influence. it's good to have you with us here and to you today a massive drugs bust right on the edge of moscow it was once again highlighted the alarming rise in the illegal heroin trade from afghanistan into russia almost two hundred kilograms of high grade heroin was seen by drug control offices this monday at a busy market aleksey sean thomas joins us here in the studio to tell us more about this sean good to see you today so among the cucumbers encourage the rhubarb and radishes afghan heroin or a small amount either indeed the case in fact some compelling images and a great story here the russian federal drug control services say that they have discovered one hundred ninety kilos worth one hundred eighty million u.s.

dollars outside of moscow and how they discovered it is kind of interesting in fact the drugs made it all the way from afghanistan here in bags of radishes in fact you can see the radishes and then the green heroin check this out it's died the color of the red it is radishes so that it's less noticeable less easy to detect and there they've discovered one hundred and ninety kilos worth now the big news here is that they have blocked where they believe they've blocked a major supply route from afghanistan through and it was back to stan company a vegetable contract that was sending things to the urals russian company there and then brought to moscow in this particular case they have detained two people two more people have been arrested of course the investigation is ongoing but very interesting stuff indeed sean what about of the latest suppose the situation of drugs coming from afghanistan to rush for the moment i've seen many reports in recent months that just say that frankly afghan drug production is is on the way up

certainly well and if you look at it russia is involved with the western forces in afghanistan to specifically deal with the drug problem from afghanistan but if you look at this week there is good news coming in here in russia around russia in different regions around thirty tons of various types of drugs between heroin. marijuana synthetics drugs and psychotropics as well they were discovered in various regions around russia but the bad news is since the west has gone into afghanistan since the u.s. invasion drug production from afghanistan up five thousand percent not good news at all and then again narcotics into russia from afghanistan has more than doubled in that amount of time and in fact of the director of the russian federal drug control services states that two thousand and fourteen may actually be a very good year for russia saying that when the u.s. bugs out of afghanistan they actually expect that the import of drugs from afghanistan to russia will actually decrease. almost i think you.

drugs will certainly remain one of the central problems for security forces in afghanistan itself and as for the former turmoil there are president karzai ordered u.s. troops to leave the waldock province he's trying to quell public anger over the numerous cases of civilian murders and abuses we report on that later this hour. the rivalry between the u.s. and china has gone digital and is threatening to turn into a full scale cyber war a recent scandal involving a chinese military unit allegedly engaged in cyber theft from an american company as part of washington on the defensive but it might not be long before washington makes its new move into the cyber. and saudis more important i reports. in january it is my pleasure to welcome president hu to the white house washington and beijing were the a list couple of geopolitics the positive constructive cooperative

u.s. china relationship is good for the united states in february america's feelings are fleeting china unleashing its full spy power let's return to the alleged link between china's military and a prolific hacking group most cyber attacks are being carried out by teams inside the chinese military china is officially out of control because don't look now but prove today our sugar daddy is a thief beijing became an overnight security threat last week after the american information security firm mandiant identified a secretive chinese military unit as the likely source of hacking against u.s. corporations are charged china vehemently denies however as the u.s. refocuses its military might from the middle east to china's backyard critics say it's no coincidence that beijing is suddenly morphing into america's virtual

al-qaeda i think this is part of what obama calls the asia pivot which is really a china and this cyber thing is is fits right into that pattern i think what we're looking at is art of this obama pivot to focus on china and to paint china is the new military threat to the world it's a demonization trying to earlier this month u.s. president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but according to reports washington is all too familiar with the offensive

side of cyber war it's the u.s. who launches things like stuxnet that together with israel to to cripple certain iranian technology capabilities in two thousand and ten a computer virus known as stuxnet infected tehran's enrichment facilities destroying nearly one thousand of iran's six thousand centrifuges according to reports the virus made entirely out of code was a joint collaboration between the us and israel in terms of a pandora's box i think it will be slightly harder for the united states to adopt a position of purely defensive we've sort of made it clear that we're willing to use cyber in advance of our national interest while reports about china's a legit cyber attacks have dominated u.s. mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war workforce expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving

military strategy every commander. is going to be is the next major war will include is cyber component it will just be a traditional insurgency bob baer the central ground troops the next floor almost certainly will include a cyber component and the end of cyber war france could become foes by the click of a mouse and some say in a very short time relations between the u.s. and china over virtual espionage can resemble the law. long stalemate that took place at the soviet union during the cold war forty nine r.t. new york are talking about cyber war as you can have your say on what all these hacking scandals are all about just by heading over to you dot com we're still taking your vote on our world wide poll that's a see how your voting for this hour it all to you dot com and still serving the

majority of our voters saying this is all about a p.r. stunt in order to support obama's cyber warfare policies that is sixty five percent the number one coming in a very distant second down to sixteen percent it's all about espionage thirteen percent a close close the position it's a glimpse into world war three i think some of us are getting a bit dramatic without perhaps all down down to six percent the last fourth position here this is a direct warning to china from president barack obama on capitol hill you can still get involved we're still taking the votes that are to dot com we love it when you get involved with our stores. technology innovation all the developments around. the future.

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with. syria's government ready to hold talks with the opposition even its factions the country's foreign minister. meeting russian diplomats right here in moscow to bring peace to syria. the main rebel group decided to pull out of all international talks complaining about what it sees as a lack of action against president. picks up the story. this visit is taking place at a very uncertain time it's really not clear what's needed to be done in order to get the syrian opposition engage in talks with the government and saddam askers does stress that it is really for a dialogue with the opposition and if the last week there were some positive signals coming from the wells they said that they were willing to hold talks with the government now they refused coming to moscow accusing russia of supporting president assad it was so the number of those who support this realistic approach

towards a peaceful resolution is growing those who want to continue fighting to the end realize that so they're trying to suppress positive news from the opposition and stop any steps towards dialogue. in the meantime soon after orders have put together a government commission headed by the prime minister designed specifically for negotiations with the opposition and they say that they are ready to talk even with armed rebels because. we are ready for dialogue with everyone including those who are fighting on the ground as we are convinced that reforms should not be made through bloodshed meanwhile it was more or less predictable that the rebels would refuse coming to moscow it came as a total surprise that they rejected coming to washington and to rome to take part in the upcoming meeting of the so-called friends of syria group which was initially

designed to support to the syrian opposition and foreign minister lavrov a stress if nothing is done now and no political process starts if the violence continues there then the whole country is on the brink of collapse. right now on our website a wave of fury rages across the west bank. details on how. the country plans to make life easier for tourists. online.

five twenty pm. germany has. joining the e.u. . is increasingly frustrated over a lack of progress in negotiations the prime minister calling the. forgivable political analyst. says the current economic situation in the e.u. . rather than sign up. we have to see that european union is no democratic pro chafed its political approach a sort of ideological approach because when you ask the people in germany if they wanted to head the euro for example fifteen years ago the huge majority of the people who were against getting that europe ask the people if they want to send troops to the turkish syrian border they say no the european union is

a construct with out a democratic base it's an ideological base and so maybe hopefully we can hope for for the turkish people that they will have the right to take part in the referendum of zero to about a turkish deal membership because i can't imagine that for a turkish citizen to see how you repeat the whole of the european union develops now in those days is doesn't seem very attractive to become a member of that club. and the blame game is in full swing in washington of a new main budget cuts which might take effect at the end of the week eighty five billion dollars will be slashed across sectors funded by public money if indeed democrats and republicans fail to reach a compromise on tax increases and the latest budget battle and the risky methods used by the u.s. to revive its economy has certainly been put in the spotlight in today's edition of cross talk that's coming up a little bit later today. at least indication of the united states you're seeing

the private sector and the seeing a gradual improvement of the economy a much more while the above deal of p.n. situation there have been go ahead and go ahead we're do you see an improvement in the united states what do you see that and also do you think a monetary policy is going to get you anywhere while you have to balance sheets of every country and the printing of money is destroying it is doing the complete opposite of what you wanted to do the united states economy is definitely on an improving bad. housing sector coming bag named name oh i would. put. that housing is going through my confit consumer confidence is not a measure of economic activity.

i do stay with us for cross talk a bit later here on arts he for now though the afghan president hamid karzai has ordered u.s. special forces to leave the key battleground province of water back troops there were accused of torture and of the murdering of civilians and just as kabul is preparing to regain control of security politics professor patricia de gennaro believes cos i also need to regain the support of his people. no wardak province is you know the family is strong the place isn't volatile and i think they're kind of tired as well as most afghans so having u.s. forces going in and out of people's houses later and comment karzai president karzai needs to take care of his own situation it's definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement and our fact they haven't come to an agreement yet they you know there is there's still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s. and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know

what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know afghan leader is going to have to show that he has a little bit more support throughout the nation and just his region and within the south there are going to be on seewald up there we go starting with south korea with a newly elected female president. called the country's north a neighbor to drop its nuclear program and she believes the move would lead to a shed development between both states the communist north carried out it's the nuclear test earlier this month in retaliation to western imposed sanctions. the daughter of the nation's assassinated autocratic founder was sworn in today at a ceremony attended by tens of thousands. ikea has halted all of its meat bowl sales in sweden offer inspectors in the czech republic found to contain horse d.n.a. the horsemeat scandal first erupted last month in ireland but it's now spread all

across europe millions of products have been taken off the shelves well investigators trying to figure out the source of the contamination and some even see conspiracies behind the horsemeat and blame it on the mafia. the chemical factory in the southwestern chinese city of gray yang his injured five and forced twenty thousand others to evacuate firefighters arrived at the scene bringing the flames under control image huge plumes of black smoke environmental workers are now in the region checking the quality. thousands of protesters are marching across a ball garia venting their anger at a rising utility costs caused by power monopolies people have been rallying for more than a week over this nationwide protests have already forced the country's government to resign after it failed to bring down the ever rising price of energy. all right so our latest our special report here on c that is just around the bend hope and

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